Issue 255 – Kitchens & Baths 2015

Construct a curbless shower quickly and at less cost than the traditional method.

Mixing surfaces makes a kitchen dynamic and functional—but getting it right is more art than science.

Back-painted glass offers a colorful, durable option for kitchen (and bathroom) walls.

RTA cabinets can yield big savings, but assembly can take hours.

Traditional details tie a functional, modern layout to a century-old house.

A no-nonsense look at the complications of common bathroom upgrades

The essential guide to selecting, installing, and maintaining a glass door for your shower or tub.

This modern master bath is cleverly organized around four principal functions.

Bathrooms that are connected to and shared by more than one bedroom are called Jack-and-Jill bathrooms, and they can be a good way to make efficient use of space in a modest-size house

Our client for this Boston loft remodel needed his 200-sq.-ft. kitchen to be ultra-efficient. We achieved part of that efficiency with an innovative backsplash made of steel pegboard. The backsplash…

Architect Sophie Piesse uses a semi-custom approach to solve three kitchen-storage challenges.

Despite our best training efforts, my family’s golden retriever, Lola, was destroying our kitchen entry door. Whenever someone came to visit, she’d leap up to look out the window, scratching…

California, my home state and fruit basket to the nation, is a harbinger of our country’s relationship with water, and it stands at the precipice of a profound resource deficit.…

In the bay, by the lake This 12-ft. by 11-ft. dining bay in a classic shingle-style cottage is located just steps from the sparkling waters of Lake Champlain. The bay’s…

This vice president of design and product development for Walker Zanger gives insight into the art and science of tile.